The Shock Doctrine
In Theaters
September 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 22m
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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Cast & Crew
Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)
Naomi Klein
Self
Milton Friedman
Self
John Major
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Michael Winterbottom
Director
Mat Whitecross
Director
Media
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